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Tears

The tear system. A) Tear gland / Lacrimal gland B) Superior lacrimal punctum  C) Superior lacrimal canal  D) Tear sac / Lacrimal sac  E) Inferior lacrimal punctum  F) Inferior lacrimal canal  G) Nasolacrimal canal
The tear system. A) Tear gland / Lacrimal gland B) Superior lacrimal punctum C) Superior lacrimal canal D) Tear sac / Lacrimal sac E) Inferior lacrimal punctum F) Inferior lacrimal canal G) Nasolacrimal canal

Tears are a liquid process of lacrimation to clean and lubricate the eyes. The word lacrimation may also be used in a medical or literary sense to refer to crying. Strong emotions, such as sorrow or elation, may lead to crying.The process of yawning may also result in tearing. Although most land mammals have a lacrimation system to keep their eyes moist, humans are the only animal generally accepted to cry emotional tears. [1][2]

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Angelina Jolie Brought To Tears Discussing Late Mother 11-18-2008 10:33 am   -  AP

"She was the woman I relate to who had that elegance and strength through just knowing what was right."

CBS News ‘Early Show’ Host Says He ‘Wept Tears of Joy’ Over Obama Win 11-06-2008 8:32 pm   -  Early Show

"I don't know how else to say this -- I grew up in a household that was not racially neutral. I grew up in a household where racial epithets were used commonly and with vigor."

Jesse Jackson Breaks Down In Tears After Obama Win 11-05-2008 12:21 am   -  WMAQ

Washington Post: Pausing between a series of television interviews on the main risers at Grant Park, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said "there's a joy, there's an ecstasy."

Iraq Blast Tears Through Shopping District 09-13-2008 10:22 am   -  AP

A blast in the Iraq town of Dujail claims at least 32 lives and injures 43 people. Bombers were apparently targeting a police station. This is the deadliest blast in Iraq since July.

Biden Tears Up At Press Conference Thanking Delaware’s Delegates 08-26-2008 3:01 pm   -  ABC News

"This is a great honor being nominated vice president of the United States. And it is an honor. And I'm proud of it. I don't mean in any way to diminish it. But it pales in comparison to the honor that I've had representing you. You know, I look - I look - I look at - I apologize for getting a little emotional."

Hillary Tears While Recounting Reaction To MLK Assassination 04-04-2008 4:10 pm   -  Fox News

"I walked into my dorm room and took my book bag and hurled it across the room. It felt like everything had been shattered, like we would never be able to put the pieces together again."

Bush Nearly Moved to Tears at Holocaust Memorial 01-11-2008 4:45 pm   -  AP

President Bush said Friday that he would return to the Mideast in May to mark ally Israel's 60th anniversary and to continue pushing for a peace pact between Israel and the Palestinians.

Hillary Tears Up: ‘This is Very Personal for Me’ 01-07-2008 1:19 pm   -  AP

"You know, I think, well luckily, on special days I do have help. If you see me every day and if you look on some of the websites and listen to some of the commentators they always find me on the day I didn't have help. It's not easy."

American Al-Qaeda Gadahn Calls for Bombing of ‘Arch-Killer’ Bush, Tears Up His US Passport 01-06-2008 10:09 am   -  MEMRI.ORG/As-Sahab

"At this point, I issue an urgent call to our mujahideen brothers in Muslim Palestine, and in the Arabian Peninsula in particular, and all the region in general. They should be in full readiness to receive the crusader arch-killer Bush in his visit to Muslim Palestine and to the occupied Arabian Peninsula at the beginning of January. They should receive him not with roses and applause, but with bombs and booby-traps."

Mormons and Race: Romney’s Eyes Well with Tears on ‘Meet the Press’ 12-16-2007 2:07 pm   -  NBC News

“I can remember when I heard about the change being made. I was driving home from, I think it was law school, but I was driving home going through the Fresh Pond rotary in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I heard it on the radio and I pulled over and literally wept. Even to this day, it's emotional.”

Pool Drain Tears Out Part of Girl’s Intestinal Tract 07-05-2007 1:12 am   -  KARE-TV Minneapolis

A girl was severely injured when she sat over an open drain hole in a wading pool.



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